Here's my review of
my brand-new 9008G2 Pro - Dark Gray PBT with Clears. Copy/pasted from another forum:
Great, speedy service from Mechanicalkeyboards.com as always -- I ordered it this Wednesday and it got here this morning.
I've only ever typed on Reds and Blues, so the Clears are a new experience. I decided I wanted something stiffer than the Blues but without the extra click. I think I hit the sweet spot here. These take a lot more force than Blues do -- even though the spring is only rated 5g higher than the one on blues, the tactile bump is a lot bigger, so the net effect is that they push back a lot more than just the 5g would indicate. I think for me the amount of tactility is just right.
As far as the board, it's pretty sweet. There are no logos at all on the case, the only Ducky symbols anywhere are on the two Windows keys. The case is actually a very dark gray, definitely not as black as my G2 Pro TKL. The dye-subbed PBT keycaps look fantastic. The printing is extremely neat; I had read some concerns about aliasing / jaggies on the letters but there is none at all to be found.
One thing I noticed when removing the 'D' key for the photo: these caps are a lot harder to remove and install than the ABS ones. You really have to take your time taking them off, and when putting them on the stems there is a 'POP' when you seat it all the way, almost like there is a ridge on the inside of the stem. Not a big thing but I guess it means swapping these would take longer and more care.
That's about all I can think of to say about it. I am 100% satisfied with it and it's going to become my new daily driver for coding and writing. I expect I will still use my TKL with reds for gaming, but I am going to give it a try with this as well and see how I like it.
